Former Aliran president P Ramakrishnan is joining the Penang state government in a suit against the federal government and the Election Commission to compel them to restore local council elections in Penang, writes Lim Guan Eng.

The test of democracy is not how law-abiding we are but how just are the laws we live by. We cannot forget that the Local Government Act was “man-made” in Parliament in 1976 and can therefore be equally “unmade”, says Tan Pek Leng.

Local government elections encourage the people to be critical and politically well informed and involved. Ultimately, the people have the right to choose and decide on matters that concern them, despite the politicking, says CY.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo doesn’t make any sense when he revealed that he had asked Datuk Zakaria Mat Deros to resign before Zakaria’s audience with the Sultan of Selangor. It is a PR exercise to improve his sagging image in this atrocious saga. His subsequent ultimatum to Zakaria to resign by 8 November 2006 only exposes his quandary for having allowed this scandal to prevail.